Decadence
['dekəd(ə)ns] or ['dɛkədəns]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Decadency
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Decay, decline, fall, declension, degeneracy.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DECAY]
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Definition
n. state of decay: a term for a school in modern French literature not distinguished for vigour or originality.—adj. Dec′adent (or de-kā′-) decaying.—n. something decaying or decayed.
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Examples
- This decadence was in part due to the severe laws enacted against the destruction of forests, and most of the iron was then brought to England from Germany and other countries. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Government can play a leading part in this work, for with the decadence of the church it has become the only truly catholic organization in the land. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So great was this loss felt that it gave rise to the prohibitory laws and the decadence in England of the manufacture of iron, already alluded to. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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